Kargil International Marathon 2018

RUN FOR SARHAD

KARGIL MARATHON 2018

DATE: 2nd September

VENUE: Kargil, J&k, India.

RUNNING DISTANCE:

* 5KMS (FUN RUN)

* 10KMS

* HALF-MARATHON

* FULL- MARATHON

* TIGER-HILL CHALLENGE (120KMS)

Situation in Kashmir is not very encouraging and far from happy. As fellow countrymen we feel helpless at the situation. It does not matter whose fault it is. We are in a difficult situation and we need to find a way out.

One of the best solutions in such a situation is sports and through it, a people to people connect. So the Kargil Marathon is an opportunity to go see the place that we love to discuss everyday, everywhere. Participants will reach Srinagar or Leh and from there they will reach by road to Kargil.

Let us run for Sarhad. Let us see the place where our soldiers fought and understand the tough challenges they face on a routine basis. Let us run the longest and fastest that we ever have and experience the hardship faced by our jawans! Let us run for the martyrs.

Sarhad, Pune has been working in these border areas since the 1980s and has adopted 150 children from Jammu-Kashmir including many Kargili boys and girls for their education. These students are living and studying in Pune at Sarhad.

The race starts from this main town on the Kargil border and finishes at the same location. Participants can choose to Run / Walk 5Km, 10Km, Half Marathon or do a Tiger Hill Challenge of 120 Km. We hope the participants will run carrying an image of a fighter in their mind, remember them and their troubles and we hope this meditation will help ease your pain and also give you a new found respect for the people in this struggle.

In a war no side is right or wrong it is just a struggle for survival. We hope the participants experience this struggle for survival!